My guess is it is because there was an automatic Windows 10 update that rolled out some weeks ago that broke the USB drivers. It is a known issue that affected a lot of software, not just Freerider. You can find more information here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wF9BgUEZSSCORfa4lauR_EivjLp8ohZJ/view?usp=shari...
and here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk6bjS4PEWI
Hope that helps